It may, indeed, be said that sympathy exists in all minds, as Faraday has discovered that magnetism exists in all metals; but a certain temperature is required to develop the hidden property, whether in the metal or the mind.

Fortune is said to be blind, but her favorites never are. Ambition has the eye of the eagle, prudence that of the lynx; the first looks through the air, the last along the ground.

Poets alone are sure of immortality; they are the truest diviners of nature.

Every man who observes vigilantly, and resolves steadfastly, grows unconsciously into genius.

Master books, but do not let them master you.

Poverty has strange bedfellows.

And, of all the things upon earth, I hold that a faithful friend is the best.